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Jessica Mathews is a senior writer for Fortune covering transportation, defense tech, and Elon Musk’s companies. Previously, she wrote the daily dealmaking newsletter Term Sheet, where she won an EPPY award for best business/finance blog. Before joining Fortune, she covered wealth management and custody as a reporter at Financial Planning magazine. Jessica was a 2018 Dow Jones News Fund intern, and she interned at CNBC in 2017. She is a graduate from The King’s College in New York City, where she was the editor-in-chief of her student newspaper, the Empire State Tribune. Originally from Memphis, Tenn., you can now find her biking around Bentonville, Ark.
Ozy Media’s Carlos Watson may be jailed before his fraud trial for disclosing private documents in a separate civil lawsuit against BuzzFeed
TechOzy Media’s Carlos Watson may be jailed before his fraud trial for disclosing private documents in a separate civil lawsuit against BuzzFeed
By Jessica MathewsJanuary 18, 2024
How the venture crash played out in 2023, in 4 charts
NewslettersHow the venture crash played out in 2023, in 4 charts
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Garry Tan says founders ‘have to be in San Francisco’ as Y Combinator ditches Mountain View headquarters for the big city
NewslettersGarry Tan says founders ‘have to be in San Francisco’ as Y Combinator ditches Mountain View headquarters for the big city
By Jessica MathewsJanuary 12, 2024
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TechCarta is exiting the startup secondary trading business and told employees it is pausing all sales outreach ‘until further notice’
By Jessica MathewsJanuary 8, 2024
Exclusive: Venrock ups its fund size for the first time in a decade, raising $650M for tenth fund
NewslettersExclusive: Venrock ups its fund size for the first time in a decade, raising $650M for tenth fund
By Jessica MathewsJanuary 8, 2024
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TechCarta CEO says company is investigating customer allegations of self-dealing with confidential information
By Jessica MathewsJanuary 7, 2024
Predictions from top investors on climate, politics, and health for 2024
NewslettersPredictions from top investors on climate, politics, and health for 2024
By Jessica MathewsJanuary 5, 2024
Predictions from top investors on cybersecurity, crypto, and fintech for 2024 
NewslettersPredictions from top investors on cybersecurity, crypto, and fintech for 2024 
By Jessica MathewsJanuary 4, 2024
Predictions from top investors on AI in 2024
NewslettersPredictions from top investors on AI in 2024
By Jessica MathewsJanuary 3, 2024
The Crystal Ball: VCs, private equity investors, and tech founders predict what’s coming in 2024
NewslettersThe Crystal Ball: VCs, private equity investors, and tech founders predict what’s coming in 2024
By Jessica MathewsJanuary 2, 2024
Venture Capitalist Bradley Tusk outlines what startups should expect from government agencies and regulators over the next year
NewslettersVenture Capitalist Bradley Tusk outlines what startups should expect from government agencies and regulators over the next year
By Jessica Mathews and Bradley TuskDecember 22, 2023
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NewslettersThe University of Michigan wrote Sam Altman’s venture capital firm a $75M check earlier this year for a new fund
By Jessica MathewsDecember 20, 2023
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FinanceExclusive: Sam Altman quietly got $75M from the University of Michigan for a new venture capital fund earlier this year
By Jessica MathewsDecember 19, 2023
Adobe-Figma $20B acquisition is the latest casualty of anticompetitive regulators
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By Jessica MathewsDecember 19, 2023
The University of Michigan’s $17.9B endowment has trimmed down its private fund investments
NewslettersThe University of Michigan’s $17.9B endowment has trimmed down its private fund investments
By Jessica MathewsDecember 18, 2023
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